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5e1bc651 | 1 | p.boxed. |
425ff498 | 2 | White has only six pawns and the king, but move twice at each turn. |
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3 | |
4 | figure.diagram-container | |
5 | .diagram | |
425ff498 | 6 | | fen:rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/1PPPPPP1/4K3: |
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7 | figcaption Standard deterministic position |
8 | ||
9 | p. | |
10 | The white army can appear much too small, but the power to move twice in a | |
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11 | row shouldn't be underestimated. At each turn white plays two moves |
12 | without any constraint. The goal is to capture the king. | |
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13 | |
14 | figure.diagram-container | |
15 | .diagram.diag12 | |
16 | | fen:rbbknn1r/1p2pp1p/2p3qK/p2p2p1/2PPP3/8/5P2/8: | |
17 | .diagram.diag22 | |
18 | | fen:3rq3/1p4p1/1k1pKp2/3P1P1n/p7/5n2/8/8: | |
19 | figcaption Left: not a checkmate! Right: a "Monster-checkmate". | |
20 | ||
21 | p | |
22 | | The diagram position on the left looks pretty much like a checkmate, | |
23 | | but white can take the queen and come back to the h6 square. Finally, | |
24 | | white can mate in an unusual way, like the following diagram found | |
25 | a(href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_chess") on Wikipedia | |
26 | | . There is no way for the black king to avoid being captured since white | |
27 | | plays twice (the threat is 2.d7,dxe8). | |
28 | ||
29 | figure.diagram-container | |
30 | .diagram.diag12 | |
31 | | fen:4k3/8/4P3/8/3P4/8/2q5/7K: | |
32 | .diagram.diag22 | |
33 | | fen:4k3/8/3PP3/8/8/8/2q5/7K: | |
34 | figcaption Left: before 1.d5,d6. Right: after this move:, it's checkmate. | |
35 | ||
36 | h3 More information | |
37 | ||
38 | p | |
39 | | Ralph Betza analyses this variant and the double move on | |
40 | a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/d.betza/chessvar/muenster.html") | |
41 | | this page | |
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42 | | . Four pawns thus seems too few. Eight would most likely be too much, |
43 | | so the games here start with six white pawns. | |
44 | | With time or engine play it could be further adjusted (to 5 maybe?). | |
45 | | Anyway, that the variant is playable | |
5e1bc651 | 46 | a(href="https://greenchess.net/rules.php?v=monster") on greenchess.net |
468df80d | 47 | | with any number of white pawns. |